ziegfeld follies

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   a series of extravagant revues produced by Flo Ziegfeld

   Broaderfollies

Questions about ziegfeld follies

What does ziegfeld follies mean?

ziegfeld follies means "a series of extravagant revues produced by Flo Ziegfeld".

Is ziegfeld follies a common word?

ziegfeld follies is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.